David Binetti's new venture is a Silicon Valley tech startup called Votizen, an online social network where voters can campaign for a candidate or a cause. With the 2012 campaign heating up, we spoke with Binetti about the disruptive impact of technology on the political landscape and the challenges of innovating in the federal government.READ»
Aristotle delivers valuable (and detailed!) data to candidates about potential supporters. In fact, don't be surprised if the candidates know more about you than you do about them.READ»
How will technology change our electoral process? Fast Company gets Crystal Ballin' with Keya Danenbaum, the founder of ElectNext, which applies the techniques of dating websites to representative democracy.READ»
Quick! When you think of Mitt Romney, what comes to mind? Perhaps an impeccably swoopy hairdo, and a deep voice with a gee-whiz Mayberry accent. But you absolutely cannot forget the teeth, and that 1000-watt smile.
So perhaps it's ...READ»
Democracy: it's a beautiful thing. Except in practice, where it's often inefficient, error-prone, and logistically nightmarish for the people who actually do the dirty work of administering elections. Lehrer Architects decided to help ...READ»
Fewer than 9% of eligible voters who belong to the Gen Y demographic chose to vote on November 2. This is an extraordinarily low turnout for a generation poised to replace the dominant Boomers in size and social clout. ...READ»
So the sting (or afterglow, depending on whom you ask) of last week's midterm elections is wearing off. Time to step back and get some perspective on the matter. Like, say, a century's worth: Matthew Ericson, deputy graphics director ...READ»
How, exactly, does neuromarketing work? Darryl Howard, the founder of Attraction Pattern Research and a consultant for two Republican winners in this week's elections, agreed to share specific examples of his work. READ»
The New York Times is breaking out the big guns this election day with an excellent online data-viz package that includes interactive projection maps and a candidate Twitter tracker.
Last thing's first: The tracker (above) ...READ»
After pulling down millions in boardrooms, a number of former CEOs are
spending gobs to get into government: Carly Fiorina from HP spent $5.5
million on the California Senate primary, Meg Whitman from eBay is
making a $119 million ...READ»
GOP Senate candidates are trouncing their rivals on Twitter and Facebook, a stunning reversal from 2008. But will that actually translate into votes?READ»
None other than New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg called New York's first experience with electronic voting machines--complete with delays, broken equipment, and ill-prepared election workers--"a royal screw-up."READ»
This fall, one election really matters: Which set-top box will connect your TV to the Internet? Apple TV and Google TV have all the money, but fringe candidate Boxee Box, with its radical open-source philosophy, deserves a closer look.READ»
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The day before India's Lok Sabha elections, the country's election commission made a new Web site live to provide election results in real-time. The commisson overbuilt the site, so it thought, readying it for almost 3,000 hits per ...READ»
The Ten Commandments Revised (As of some time in 2001 per George W. Bush)
According to his personal statements Mr. George W. Bush, as President of the World’s most powerful nation in history, was flying Air Force 1 and being ...READ»
Watching a World Stop
Makes This a Difficult Evening
Whose world this is I think I know.
Man’s home is on the soils below;
They have not seen me starting here
To watch their world fill up with ...READ»
